Most Expensive U.S. Colleges and
Universities

These are the colleges and universities in the United
States that cost the most to attend. The table includes data on the annual cost of attending these institutions based on tuition plus room and board.

Institution name; city, state

Cost1

Sarah Lawrence College; Bronxville, N.Y.

$56,420

New York University; New York, N.Y.

53,589

Wesleyan University; Middletown, Conn.

53,406

Harvey Mudd College; Claremont, Calif.

53,331

Bates College; Lewiston, Maine

53,300

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, Md.

53,190

Connecticut College; New London, Conn.

53,110

Claremont McKenna College; Claremont, Calif.

52,995

George Washington University; Washington, D.C.

52,980

Scripps College; Claremont, Calif.

52,650

Bard College; Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.

42,384

Haverford College; Haverford, Penn.

52,606

Georgetown University; Washington, D.C.

52,526

Bowdoin College; Brunswick, Maine

52,465

Eugene Lang College; New York, N.Y.

52,440

Duke University; Durham, N.C.

52,405

University of Chicago; Chicago, Ill.

52,341

Union College; Schenectady, N.Y.

52,329

Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, Penn.

52,250

Oberlin College; Oberlin, Ohio

52,244

Fordham University (Lincoln Center); New York, N.Y.

52,159

Middlebury College; Middlebury, Vt.

52,120

Cornell University; Ithaca, N.Y.

52,100

NOTES: Includes accredited four-year
universities offering at least a bachelor's degree and having at least 800
students.